Keyboard shortcuts

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Keystroke Description
Startup
X Gamepad Button Interrupts boot, providing the Open Firmware ok prompt. You may have to press the Esc key during the countdown (q2c25).
O Gamepad Button Boots from backup OS image, for system recovery. (not yet in a stable build)
Left D-Pad Button Turns off "pretty boot" in firmware following q2c27; enables pretty boot in earlier builds.
Right D-Pad Button Try it out.
X and Check Gamepad Buttons Skip upgrade, just writing an activation lease to USB key and boot. (If your XO doesn't have a check key, use the 'O' key instead)
X and Square Gamepad Buttons Wipes user directory, performing a factory-fresh install. (Appropriate for upgrading machines straight from the factory)
Sugar/System
Ctrl-Tab Cycle forward through running activities
Shift-Ctrl-Tab Cycle backward through running activities
Ctrl-Tilde Cycle forward through running instances of the current activity
Shift-Ctrl-Tilde Cycle backward through running instances of the current activity